Fall Semester 2016
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     English III: American Literature Room 1703  
      Syllabus  
 

 
 
destruction • construction • reconstruction
 

 
 
 Mr. Smith reserves the right to make changes to Course Outline with advanced notice.
     
  First Six Weeks 08-22 to 09-30
  Second Six Weeks 10-01 to 11-11
  Third Six Weeks 11-14 to 12-20
     
  Week 7  
 
10.03 Monday:  
 
  I.  Edward Taylor, “Huswifery,” p. 82
 

  10.04 Tuesday:   
  I.  Washington Irving, “The Devil and Ton Walker” pp. 229-239—part 1
 

  10.05 Wednesday:   
  I.  Washington Irving, “The Devil and Ton Walker” pp. 229-239—part 2
  II.  Assignment 2 due at beginning of class.
 

  10.06 Thursday:   
  I.  Review Test
  II.  Twilight Zone: “Escape Clause
 

  10.07 Friday:   
  I.  Washington Irving, “The Devil and Ton Walker” pp. 229-239—part 3
  II.  Assignment 1 due at beginning of class for re-submission / re-grade.
     
     
  Week 8  
  10.10 Monday:   
  I.  Staff Development Day—No school
 

  10.11 Tuesday:   
  I.  Evan Hunter, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”—supplemental
 

  10.12 Wednesday:   
  I.  Evan Hunter, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”—supplemental
 

  10.13 Thursday:   
  I.  Evan Hunter, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”—supplemental
 

  10.14 Friday:   
  I.  Evan Hunter, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”—supplemental
     
     
  Week 9  
  10.17 Monday:   
  I.  Evan Hunter, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”—Review Test
 

  10.18 Tuesday:   
  I.  Writing Workshop1: formal completion of persuasion essay
 

  10.19 Wednesday:   
  I.  Writing Workshop 2: formal completion of persuasion essay
 

  10.20 Thursday:   
  I.  Discussion of Modern American Gothic: Joyce Carol Oates “Where is Here?” pp.325-332
 

  10.21 Friday:   
  I.  Discussion of Modern American Gothic as social commentary.
  II.  Wrap up discussion of: Joyce Carol Oates “Where is Here?” pp.325-332
     
     
  Week 10  
  10.24 Monday:   
  I.  Discussion of plot development within Joyce Carol Oates “Where is Here?” pp.325-332
  II.  Re-teach developing an academic SAR response utilizing RACE methods
    • Repeat • Answer • Cite • Explain
 

  10.25 Tuesday:   
  I.  Review and reasses themes within Joyce Carol Oates “Where is Here?” pp.325-332
 

  10.26 Wednesday:   
  I.  Joyce Carol Oates, “Where is Here?” pp.325-332—Review Test
 

  10.27 Thursday:   
  I.  In-class exercises: Proofing and Sentence Structure
  II.  Discussion of character and theme within Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour”
 

  10.28 Friday:   
  I.  Review and Re-assess
     
     
  Week 11  
  10.31 Monday:   
  I.  Staff Development Day—No school
 

  11.01 Tuesday:   
  I.  Denotation versus Connotation
  II.  Sylvia Plath, “Cut”—supplemental
 

  11.02 Wednesday: 
  I.  Construction of Anchor Charts
    Using sentence stems of critical analysis, students will create posters.
 

  11.03 Thursday:   
  I.  Alexander Petrunkevitch, “The Spider and the Wasp”—supplemental
  II.  Amateur nature documentary: Tarantula Hawk Wasp versus Tarantula
 

  11.04 Friday:   
  I.  In-class exercise: Reviewing strateies within Alexander Petrunkevitch, “The Spider and the Wasp”—supplemental
  II.  Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDhGbFc1IaQ
     
     
  Week 12  
  11.07 Monday:   
  I.  Library Day
 

  11.08 Tuesday:   
  I.  Expository Writing
  II.  Begin Reading Chosen Novel
 

  11.09 Wednesday:   
  I.  Expository Writing Foldable—part 1
  II.  Scheduled Reading of Novel
 

  11.10 Thursday:   
  I.  Expository Writing Foldable—part 2
    Full Expository Foldable
  II.  Schedules Reading of Novel
 

  11.11 Friday:   
  I.  Scheduled Reading of Novel
  II.  In-Class Writing Exercise: Partial Book Synopsis
    Examples of opening sentences